Resolution Number: | 2000-D033 | |
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Title: | Urge Contribution to International Development and Micro-Credit Initiatives | |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted | |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention challenge all dioceses and congregations to set aside 0.7% of their annual budgets to contribute to international development programs that address the root causes of poverty, ill health, illiteracy, and economic justice; and be it further
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention welcome and commend micro-credit initiatives, as one way to enable the world-wide Anglican Communion to serve the neediest nations through micro-loan and small business training programs.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 649. |
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